Lyrics for Paper Planes as interpreted by maggotbrain

Paper Planes Lyrics
I fly like paper, get high like planes
If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name
If you come around here, I make them all day
I get one down in a second if you wait

I fly like paper, get high like planes
If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name
If you come around here, I make them all day
I get one down in a second if you wait

Sometimes I feel sitting on trains
Every stop I get to I'm clocking that game
Everyone's a winner now we're making our fame
Bona fide hustler, making my name

Sometimes I feel sitting on trains
Every stop I get to I'm clocking that game
Everyone's a winner now we're making our fame
Bona fide hustler, making my name

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

Pirate skulls and bones
Sticks and stones and weed and bombs
Running when we hit them
Lethal poison through their system

Pirate skulls and bones
Sticks and stones and weed and bombs
Running when we hit them
Lethal poison through their system

No one on the corner has swagger like us
Hit me on my banner, prepaid wireless
We pack and deliver like UPS trucks
Already going to hell just pumping that gas

No one on the corner has swagger like us
Hit me on my banner, prepaid wireless
We pack and deliver like UPS trucks
Already going to hell just pumping that gas

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

M.I.A.
Third world democracy
Yeah, I got more records than the K.G.B.
So, uh, no funny business

Some, some, some I, some I murder
Some, I some I let go
Some, some, some I, some I murder
Some, I some I let go

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

All I want to do is BANG BANG BANG BANG!
And KA-CHING!
And take your money

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strykerchick
08-03-2007

Rated -2 
Yay! Thanks for posting these.

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lalunacreciente
08-04-2007

Rated +4 
The "bang bang bang bang" and "ka-ching" overpowering the kids' voices really says something, I believe.

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shrudy
08-12-2007

Rated -2 
The best song on Kala.

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getoffmytots
08-13-2007

Rated -1 
i have a feeling this song is about young kids hustling in random ways drugs/visas/guns whatevs. this is a great song for me to chill out and get high to.

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killstar
08-23-2007

Rated +13 
this is what M.I.A says [about paper planes]:

" I was going to get patties at my local and just thinking that really the worst thing that anyone can say [to someone these days] is some shit like: ”What I wanna do is come and get your money.” People don’t really feel like immigrants or refugees contribute to culture in any way. That they’re just leeches that suck from whatever. So in the song I say All I wanna do is [sound of gun shooting and reloading, cash register opening] and take your money. I did it in sound effects. It’s up to you how you want to interpret. America is so obsessed with money, I’m sure they’ll get it. "

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jterrance
08-24-2007

Rated -3 
i'm a fool for letting a girl get between m.i.a. and myself. this is all quite hot...

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resqualledsheep
08-25-2007

Rated -2 
this song is so gangster.

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dgtlluv
08-30-2007

Rated -1 
agreed with shrudy

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Ian-sama
09-05-2007

Rated -1 
I second Shrudy and resqualledsheep. I hope this is a single.

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welcometothemachine
09-07-2007

Rated -2 
this song is too hot

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adeleinee
09-13-2007

Rated -1 
WOO this song rocks

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vulgar
09-14-2007

Rated -1 
damn, this song is infectious.

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Seandd
09-23-2007

Rated 0 
I think it's "No one on the corner had SWAGGER like us" and "ALREADY GOING HARD just pumping that gas".

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Agtane
09-23-2007

Rated -1 
Seandd is right, and it's,"hit me on my BELLA prepaid wireless"

anyway, this song is too gnarly, it's so dope to skate too.

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kkaaa_ching
09-25-2007

Rated 0 
i actually think its "already going to hell, just pumping that gas"

also.. BELL prepaid wireless?? im from canada so ive never heard of bella? maybe its just her accent?

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blahblah123123
09-30-2007

Rated 0 
hooray for the Clash sampled

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blahblah123123
09-30-2007

Rated 0 
oh ya, and this song :D

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exitmusic(forafilm)
10-02-2007

Rated 0 
so, so catchy.
and a great drinking song.

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exitmusic(forafilm)
10-02-2007

Rated 0 
so, so catchy.
and a great drinking song.

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tetsco!
10-08-2007

Rated 0 
favorite from kala

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_ellie
10-14-2007

Rated 0 
I heard "summer murder" but that was wrong.

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indie-YYY
10-25-2007

Rated 0 
My favorite from Kala for sure, it's a shame radio would never touch it becuase of the gunshots, even when she performed on Letterman they edited that part. Still, the song is my jam.

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chowfun18
11-02-2007

Rated 0 
this is the kind of gangsta shit that makes weezy from the 17th ward look like weezy from the jeffersons. killer clash rip too

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xXHeyLushXx
11-07-2007

Rated 0 
love it

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Igoto
11-13-2007

Rated +2 
I believe she is actually saying "Burner pre-paid wireless." I know part of this album was recorded in Baltimore. On the show The Wire (set in Baltimore) prepaid cell-phones were called burners, usually for drug dealing purposes. Song is a killer for sure.

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